On Tuesdays, Don’t Stop Living highlights the top travel essentials as you backpack round the globe!
Travel blogs, travellers and nomads we’re all guilty of one thing: We sometimes pretend everything is easy. But it’s not always the case. We write so much positive stuff that we gloss over the bad times of travel and make things sound just a bit too good. You don’t hear of someone visiting Machu Picchu Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Booking Stuff Online[…]
This is a pain in the ass. But it is a travel essential. We need to wash our clothes and do our laundry, so today on Tuesday’s Travel Essentials, I’m going to share my top 11 tips for doing your laundry, these tips will save you time and money. I’ve been using them for years Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: 11 Tips For Doing Washing/Laundry[…]
I got hit by a dose of sun over the weekend and while my sun cream kept my skin protected, let’s not forget those other sun blocking heroes – sunglasses. It’s today’s Tuesday’s Travel Essentials – shades, sun visors, sun protectors, sunglasses. Whatever keeps my eyes protected from that hot ball out there. I need Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Sunglasses, Shades…[…]
OK today on Tuesday’s Travel Essentials, I’m actually going to admit and tell you that there are some things I spend a wee bit extra money on…one is decent walking shoes. This is kind of in contrast to my Monday’s Money Saving Tips I know, but I’m just being honest – I just don’t buy Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Decent Walking Shoes[…]
What, now come on – the internet is NOT a travel essential surely…OK bear with me and I’ll go through the process of why actually it IS! My first trip away from my family was in 1991 – I went to the Netherlands with the school – nobody had even heard of the internet. In Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: The Internet[…]
What? So you’re telling me an essential aspect of travel is growing a beard. Well, kind of yes…I mean if you’ve ever travelled “properly” and you’re male, then your face doesn’t shave itself does it? Growing a beard on your travels for me is something that a guy must do at some point! Yes we Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Growing A Beard![…]
Don’t even talk to me about losing photos. Literally over the years of travel I have simply lost THOUSANDS of photos just because either I erased a memory card as I had no spares, my hard drive broke or my computer stupidly over wrote old flies with new ones deleting the old ones. Even in Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Spare Memory Cards[…]
So if you have followed Tuesday’s Travel Essentials before you may have read my post about always carrying passport photos with you on your journeys (my page is also a handy money and time saving tip by the way). But something else you definitely need is photocopies of your passport (s). Why? Not in case Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Photocopies of Passports[…]
Tuesday’s Travel Essentials on Don’t Stop Living brings you endless tips on things you need when you set off around the world. One thing you will need for sure is knowing how to use chopsticks. Luckily I went from not having a clue to being an expert at using them. If Asia is on your Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Learning How To Use Chopsticks[…]
Today on Tuesday’s Travel Essentials I’m talking about a torch. I have used the same torch for three years. It is essential to have a torch on your travels, even if you are not camping. Staying in remote settlements late at night you will never know the mass advantages of having a torch until you Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: A Torch[…]